HB 770 (BR 2159) - J. Jenkins
AN ACT relating to juries.
Amend KRS 29A.160 to permit an employee to be excused from employment, while serving on a jury, if his or her jury duty responsibilities exceed three hours during the day for which an excuse is sought; specify procedure for excusing shift work employees; specify when and how an employer shall compensate an employee for jury duty service; require that railroad employees, serving on a jury, receive the same mileage pay they would have receive had they reported to work; and amend KRS 29A.170 to require persons paying jurors for their service to issue to each juror a statement showing daily and total amounts of fees and compensation received.
Feb 22-introduced in House
Feb 23-to Judiciary (H)